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Texas Gov. Abbott claims FBI is going to search for Texas House Democrats

T he redistricting battle in Texas continues to escalate as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott claimed he had heard the FBI will search for Texas House Democrats who left the state in protest of proposed new congressional maps.

Newsweek on MSN · 20h

Texas Democrat Reacts as Abbott Asks State Supreme Court to Remove Him

The chair of the Democratic Caucus in Texas' House of Representatives called Governor Abbott's move "purely insanity."

NBC News on MSN · 1d

Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter, denying state House a quorum

Democratic lawmakers fled to Illinois and other states Sunday in a bid to deny Republicans a quorum when the state House meets Monday.

Texas Democrats, Illinois and Chicago hotel

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential candidate, took in Texas Democrats who fled their state to block a Republican-led redistricting plan.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 4h

Texas House Democrats evacuated from hotel in Illinois after bomb threat

Texas Democrats are in Illinois to block a vote on a new congressional map that aims to shore up Republicans power in Congress.

Chron on MSN · 5h

Texas Democrats evacuated from Chicago hotel following security threat

Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus were evacuated from a Chicago-area hotel early Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was reported amid lawmakers' continued out-of-state protest against a Republican-led redistricting plan in the Texas Legislature.

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Can the Texas Democrats Who Fled the State Be Arrested? What to Know

Trump suggested the FBI could get involved in the state standoff, but what are the actual legal repercussions of the ...

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Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

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Democrats absent from Texas House, breaking quorum for 2nd day in a row in effort to block redistricting vote

The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN11h

House Democrats helped Dustin Burrows win the gavel. Their departure from the state marks a pivotal moment for him.

The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

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Texas House fails to reach quorum as Democratic lawmakers leave state

Democratic Texas state rep. Gene Wu weighs in on the redistricting battle as the Texas House fails to reach quorum after several Democrats left the state.

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Texas state Democrat apologizes for comparing GOP redistricting plan to the Holocaust

Democratic Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones invoked the Holocaust while discussing state Democrats like herself fleeing the ...

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